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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
821 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN LAKE IN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN INDIANA...
* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT.
* AT 821 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
RAINFALL RATES OF 3 TO 4 INCHES PER HOUR WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA
OVER THE NEXT HOUR. UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN SO FAR FROM
PREVIOUS THUNDERSTORMS NEAR WHITING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS
UP TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS
ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...RADAR AND AUTOMATED GAUGES.
IMPACT...RAPID-ONSET FLOODING OF CREEKS, STREAMS, DRAINAGE
DITCHES, STREETS, UNDERPASSES, LOW-LYING AREAS, AND
OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
HAMMOND, GARY, CALUMET CITY, PORTAGE, MERRILLVILLE, EAST CHICAGO,
SCHERERVILLE, HOBART, LANSING, HIGHLAND, MUNSTER, GRIFFITH, DYER,
ST. JOHN, LAKE STATION, LYNWOOD, WHITING AND NEW CHICAGO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS RAPID-ONSET FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR MAY
ALREADY BE OCCURRING. PERSONS ALONG CREEKS, DRAINAGE DITCHES, AND
OTHER WATERWAYS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE
AND PROPERTY.
LAT...LON 4172 8752 4172 8751 4170 8749 4169 8746
4169 8745 4167 8739 4166 8740 4165 8737
4163 8728 4164 8722 4147 8722 4147 8753
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...3-4 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
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